Who
are you?
he wasnt impressed
casually looked up from couch was reading a third time his buddys Labor Day 2008 writing his deceased deceased that
was easier to admit than suicide friend
Who are you? impatient
stern
Bruces friend You
I own this house.
You rented to Bruce
Now unless youve returned the balance of the
year lease he paid in advancewhich you havent the executor informed me I believe youre required to give twentyfour
hour notice before entering the premise
Is
this notice
Mister
glaring Dick Schmitts.
Mr Schmitts
Im putting Bruces
effects his possessions in order to remove them I expect Ill be a week Perhaps a little longer
Apparently longer, considering you’re
sittin’ on your ass.
Well Dick
So be it
he grumbled something under his
breath
Youll excuse me
Dick turned abruptly and left
before returning to Labor Day he
thought So
Bruce thas Schmitts
looked likedidnt act like a blonde crewcut Dick Shawn for some reason he imagined him leaning in sunlight then stepping
awaystepping back into a smoky exhale of shade
had to shake that
it really wanted to continue
Bruce’s friend.
revery subsided
an old woman on the stoop
should
have shut the door when Dick left but the fresh air coming through the screen
door was delightful
Yes Im Joe
I’ve heard tell of you. Bruce
spoke fondly.
he chuckled
Youre Beverly
I am.
The next door neighbour An actress now in seclusion
I am.
You have a crazy crystalline windchimed seashell sand dollar garden
I do. Bruce has said.
Bruce loved your assloved your evening
chilled white wines enjoyed in warm mudbaths conversations in the cedar sauna in
the pool the musical waterfall
Yes. tears welled in her eyes she combatted them with a deep stalling chuckle
it worked like hell to get out He
tell you of my gay friends, the boys, who tried so many times to pick him up?
he chuckled
He did not
Then please, this evening, join
me for dinner. I will tell you.
What may I bring?
Something for yourself to imbibe.
You don’t strike me as a sweet white wine drinker.
Very observant
That was part of my trade.
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